Rita Kramer

When Morning Comes
A riveting story that begins in Paris in 1940, when the City of Light is transformed by the occupying Germans into a place of increasing danger for the emigrés who have taken refuge there from other parts of the crumbling European continent.

Flames in the Field: The Story of Four SOE Agents in Occupied France
Reviewers called it “a fascinating book which often reads like a thriller,” “one of the most explosively intriguing tales ever to be told in the post war years,” and The Spectator, describing the fall in the reputation of the Special Operations Executive’s French Section, said “To such a view, the sober intelligence and humanity of Rita Kramer’s book provides a moving corrective.” Book News gave it a star rating and called it “[a] diligently researched telling of the fascinating but terrible story of four women SOE agents who were sent to occupied France.”

Now out of print, Flames in the Field may be available through book search services or at a local library.

Maria Montessori: A Biography
“The first biography to give an unbiased account of the personal and professional life of a remarkable person...This well-documented and very readable book gives a wealth of information not only on the subject’s personal life...but also on the intellectual and social climate of the Italy of her formative years...and on the development of the world-wide Montessori movement.”

Ed School Follies: The Miseducation of America’s Teachers
“The distinguished author and social critic, Rita Kramer, set out to see for herself exactly what goes on in the classrooms of fifteen fairly typical teacher education programs….Her keen ear, clear mind, solidly rooted values, and pull-no-punches style turn out to be perfectly suited to this quest.”